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Unit 1 Constitutional foundations
Unit 2 Legislative branch
Unit 3 Executive Branch
Unit 4 Judicial Branch
Required docs and cases
100
This article of the Constitution describes the amendment process.

What is article V (5)? 

100
Congress conducts hearings and controls the budget of bureaucratic agencies. This is referred to as...

What is congressional (or legislative) oversight?

100

The president can do this if Congress is unlikely to take action on something related to the president's policy agenda.

What is pass an executive order?
100
In a split decision, a justice who disagrees with the majority would write this type of opinion.

What is a dissenting opinion?

100
In this Federalist paper, the argument is made that the judicial branch is the weakest of the three.

What is Federalist 78?

200

This highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. 

What is Shay's Rebellion? 

200

When an elected representative makes decisions based on polling data, that representative is illustrating this model of decision making.

What is the delegate model? 

200

This law requires that some of the executive branch be hired based on merit rather than patronage. 

What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

200

When the courts strike down a law, this is referred to as...

What is judicial activism? 
200

This argument is made in Federalist 70.

A strong, unitary president is necessary.
300

This constitutional principle is achieved through separation of powers and checks and balances. 

What is limited government? 

300

When a member of Congress gets federal money that helps the constituents of their state, this is referred to as...

What is pork barrel legislation? 

300

This annual event gives presidents the chance to use the bully pulpit to influence congress and the public to adopt their agenda.

What is the State of the Union Address?

300
A justice who believes that the constitution should be interpreted based on the intent of the framers would be considered this.  

What is an originalist? 

300

The court ruled that uneven distribution of representatives was unconstitutional (one person, one vote) in this case. 

What is Baker v. Carr?

400

This type of grant gives state the most choice about how to spend federal money. 

What is a block grant?

400

Debate is unlimited in the Senate, but can be ended with this. 

What is a cloture vote?

400

This is the most significant check that the president has over the judicial branch.

The president appoints federal judges.

400

This is the most common reason that the Supreme Court grants cert.

What is a split decision in the lower courts?

400

This case expanded the power of economic power of Congress using the "necessary and proper" clause.

What is McCulloch v. Maryland?

500

This term describes when the federal government and states work together to accomplish a goal. 

What is cooperative federalism? 

500

Appropriations represent this power of congress.

The power of the purse; the power to control government spending. 

500

Some argue that bureaucratic rule-making authority violates this constitutional principle?



What is separation of power?



500
According to Federalist 78, this is why the Judicial branch is the weakest of the three?

It can't enforce it's decisions; it must depend on the executive branch to do so.

500

This case restricted Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce to only those things strictly related to commerce.

What is U.S. v. Lopez?